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Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs: Charts

 
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Average monthly SNAP/FSP benefits per person, fiscal 1980-2008
Fiscal year
Average monthly SNAP/FSP benefits per person
Annual CPI food and beverage
Adjusted benefits per person (2008 dollars)
 
Dollars
1980
34.47
86.7
83.82
1981
39.49
93.5
89.05
1982
39.17
97.3
84.87
1983
42.98
99.5
91.07
1984
42.74
103.2
87.32
1985
44.99
105.6
89.82
1986
45.49
109.1
87.91
1987
45.78
113.5
85.04
1988
49.83
118.2
88.88
1989
51.85
124.9
87.52
1990
58.92
132.1
94.04
1991
63.86
136.8
98.42
1992
68.57
138.7
104.23
1993
67.96
141.6
101.19
1994
69.01
144.9
100.41
1995
71.26
148.9
100.90
1996
73.21
153.7
100.42
1997
71.27
157.7
95.28
1998
71.12
161.1
93.07
1999
72.27
164.6
92.57
2000
72.62
168.4
90.92
2001
74.81
173.6
90.85
2002
79.67
176.8
95.01
2003
83.90
180.5
98.00
2004
85.99
186.6
97.16
2005
92.57
191.2
102.07
2006
94.32
195.7
101.61
2007
95.63
203.3
99.17
2008
101.53
210.8
101.53
 

Sources: USDA, Food and Nutrition Service and U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. All data are subject to revision.

Base period = 1982-1984, Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food and beverages, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted.

Food and Nutrition Service data as of January 2009. CPI data for 2008 based on first six months of calendar year.

 

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Updated date: April 15, 2009